My son with hyperthyriodism
In 2002 my son was found to have hyperthyroidism after going from a straight A & B student to grades falling and within one weeks time was sent to an alternative school for attempting to take someone's bike, left the campus on this bike and was not able to be found and the amber alert was issued for him. At this time we had no idea that he had this condition until he went on a trip to Abilene to see grandparents and my X-husband called saying that he was in the hospital very ill and that they were looking at possible surgery and he was in grave condition. Went to Abilene and meet with doctors where they found he had such a high count of the hormone for his thyroid that they took him by ambulance to Children's' Medical center in Dallas where he was placed in ICU for quite a while because his count was so high it was elevating his heart rate. We went through 3 years of hospital stays and medications and finally in 2006 they had to remove the thyroid because of his liver they could not keep medicating him. He is on Synthorid, 1 pill a day for the rest of his life but is doing very well. My other son we have been dealing with asthma for years and he is always on medications and reoccurring doctor visits for this. My 5 yr old now is having behavior problems in school and we currently do not have insurance and he needs to get to a doctor and possibly look at medication and this program I feel with help with all the medical needs we have. As of today though all my children are happy and for the most part healthy!!
Daphne Perkins, Blue Ridge, Texas